# List of Dallas Cowboys head coaches

The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in Frisco, Texas. Their stadium is located in Arlington, Texas. They are members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The Cowboys franchise was founded in 1960 as an expansion team. The team played their games in the Cotton Bowl from 1960 to 1970, then in Texas Stadium from 1971 to 2008, and AT&T Stadium from 2009 to present. There have been nine head coaches for the Dallas Cowboys. Three coaches have won Super Bowls with the team: Tom Landry in Super Bowl VI and XII, Jimmy Johnson in Super Bowl XXVII and XXVIII, and Barry Switzer in Super Bowl XXX. Landry is the team's all-time leader in games coached and wins, and Switzer leads all coaches in regular season winning percentage with .625. Dave Campo is the only Cowboys coach with a losing record (.313), and is also the only coach in franchise history to have never posted a winning season. The team's first coach, Tom Landry, has been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The current coach is Brian Schottenheimer, who replaced Mike McCarthy on January 24, 2025.

## Key

| # | Number of coaches |
| Yrs | Years coached |
| First | First season coached |
| Last | Last season coached |
| GC | Games Coached |
| W | Wins |
| L | Loses |
| T | Ties |
| W% | Win – Loss percentage |
| 00*† | Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a coach and spent entire NFL head coaching career with the Cowboys |
| 00† | Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a coach |
| 00* | Spent entire NFL head coaching career with the Cowboys |

## Coaches

    Note: Statistics are accurate through end of the 2024 NFL season.
| # | Image | Name | Term | Term | Term | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Accomplishments | Ref. |
| # | Image | Name | Yrs | First | Last | GC | W | L | T | W% | GC | W | L | W% | Accomplishments | Ref. |
| 1 | | Tom Landry*$^†$ | 29 | 1960 | 1988 | 418 | 250 | 162 | 6 | .605 | 36 | 20 | 16 | .556 | Inducted Pro Football Hall of Fame (1990) 2 Super Bowl Championships (VI, XII) 5 NFC Championships (1970, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1978) 1 NFL Eastern Championship (1966) 12 NFC East Championships (1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1985) 18 Playoff Berths 1 AP Coach of the Year Award (1966) 1 Sporting News Coach of the Year Award (1966) 1 UPI NFL Coach of the Year Award (1966) 1 UPI NFC Coach of the Year Award (1975) | |
| 2 | | Jimmy Johnson$^†$ | 5 | 1989 | 1993 | 80 | 44 | 36 | 0 | .550 | 8 | 7 | 1 | .875 | Inducted Pro Football Hall of Fame (2020) 2 Super Bowl Championships (XXVII, XXVIII) 2 NFC Championships (1992, 1993) 2 NFC East Championships (1992, 1993) 3 Playoff Berths 1 AP Coach of the Year Award (1990) 1 UPI NFC Coach of the Year Award (1990) | |
| 3 | | Barry Switzer* | 4 | 1994 | 1997 | 64 | 40 | 24 | 0 | .625 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .714 | 1 Super Bowl Championship (XXX) 1 NFC Championship (1995) 3 NFC East Championships (1994, 1995, 1996) 3 Playoff Berths | |
| 4 | | Chan Gailey | 2 | 1998 | 1999 | 32 | 18 | 14 | 0 | .563 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 1 NFC East Championship (1998) 2 Playoff Berths | |
| 5 | | Dave Campo* | 3 | 2000 | 2002 | 48 | 15 | 33 | 0 | .313 | — | — | — | — | | |
| 6 | | Bill Parcells$^†$ | 4 | 2003 | 2006 | 64 | 34 | 30 | 0 | .531 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | Inducted Pro Football Hall of Fame (2013) 2 Playoff Berths | |
| 7 | | Wade Phillips | 4 | 2007 | 2010 | 56 | 34 | 22 | 0 | .607 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2 NFC East Championships (2007, 2009) 2 Playoff Berths | |
| 8 | | Jason Garrett* | 10 | 2010 | 2019 | 152 | 85 | 67 | 0 | .559 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3 NFC East Championships (2014, 2016, 2018) 3 Playoff Berths 1 AP Coach of the Year Award (2016) | |
| 9 | | Mike McCarthy | 5 | 2020 | 2024 | 84 | 49 | 35 | 0 | .583 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2 NFC East Championships (2021, 2023) 3 Playoff Berths | |
| 10 | | Brian Schottenheimer* | 0 | 2025 | present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | — | — | — | — | | |